Social and medical factors affecting hospital discharge of persons with HIV/AIDS

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-232

  Bonuck, Karen A ^a,b   Arno, Peter S ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOME CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME NURSING; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030794229     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025103101727     Document Type: Article

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